This is Yuri Gagarin as portrayed in the BBC Docudrama Space Race. This was a co production between British, German, American and Russian production teams which is interesting because me and blog watcher; DeadSpiderEye are not at all convince by the helmets. He has suggested that this is in fact a redressed helmet from the BBC's Star Cops (1987) and it might just be.
And this is the Alan Shepard look-a-likey in his not especially look-a-likey helmet and suit. I don't know from where it came but you some how expect better of the BBC
Cheers for pointing me towards this, DeadSpiderEye.
Steve
The gagarin helmet looks a hell of a lot like the one from superman iv/Unidentified Flying Oddball,comparethe 2nd and 3rd gagarin pics with http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3RiXV9sUNdo/UXhQiLlqSPI/AAAAAAAADW8/wmGe-eOsxGM/s1600/arthur+6.jpg
ReplyDeleteIt does. At some point I'll have to check back over all my own posts and look for similar/same helmets and re-blog
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